The Lamb and the 144,000

14 Then I looked, and there on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with Him were 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads.(A) I heard a sound[a] from heaven like the sound of cascading waters(B) and like the rumbling of loud thunder. The sound I heard was also like harpists playing on their harps.(C) They sang[b] a new song(D) before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders,(E) but no one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed[c] from the earth. These are the ones not defiled with women, for they have kept their virginity.(F) These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They were redeemed[d][e] from the human race as the firstfruits(G) for God and the Lamb. No lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 14:2 Or voice
  2. Revelation 14:3 Other mss add as it were
  3. Revelation 14:3 Or purchased
  4. Revelation 14:4 Other mss add by Jesus
  5. Revelation 14:4 Or purchased

14 Then kai I looked, and kai behold idou, I saw a ho Lamb arnion standing histēmi on epi · ho Mount oros Zion Siōn; and kai with meta him autos were one hundred hekaton and forty-four tesserakonta tessares thousand chilias who had echō · ho his autos name onoma and kai · ho his autos Father’ s patēr name onoma · ho written graphō on epi · ho their autos foreheads metōpon. And kai I heard akouō a sound phōnē from ek · ho heaven ouranos like hōs the roar phōnē of many polys waters hydōr and kai like hōs the sound phōnē of loud megas thunder brontē. · kai The ho sound phōnē I heard akouō was like hōs the sound of harpists kitharōidos playing kitharizō on en · ho their autos harps kithara, and kai they were singing adō a new kainos song ōdē before enōpion the ho throne thronos and kai before enōpion the ho four tessares living creatures zōon and kai the ho elders presbyteros. · kai No one oudeis was able dynamai to learn manthanō the ho song ōdē except ei mē the ho one hundred hekaton and forty-four tesserakonta tessares thousand chilias who ho had been redeemed agorazō from apo the ho earth . These houtos are eimi the hos ones who have molynō not ou been defiled molynō with meta women gynē, for gar they are eimi virgins parthenos. These houtos are the ho ones who follow akoloutheō the ho Lamb arnion wherever hopou an he goes hypagō. These houtos were redeemed agorazō from apo the ho human anthrōpos race as firstfruits aparchē for ho God theos and kai for the ho Lamb arnion, and kai in en · ho their autos mouth stoma no ou lie pseudos was found heuriskō; they are eimi blameless.

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